I figure a introduction is in order before I really get rolling. First of all, I am not a writer, so please expect a few spelling errors and missed grammar checks. I am not writing this blog to impress you with my fancy verbiage skills, I am writing this blog to give my best opinion about amway. The good. The bad. The ugly. Dun dun duuuun.
I am hoping I can be as honest as possible and I am hoping I can do my best to describe what I have learned about this business so that I can help others decide if Amway is for them (unlike what your future upline will say, I DON'T think that Amway is for everyone).
I have to slightly discredit myself here, I am not in Amway, I never have been. My parents were in Amway for a short while (a very long time ago) and now my boyfriend has been in Amway for about six months. Just a little background, my boyfriend and I met in college and we have been dating for about two years. We live together now and we do plan on getting married so I figured if he was seriously going to consider joining the Amway business then I better be sure that is something I want in my life too.
After researching Amway on the Internet, I was completely positive that Amway was something I did NOT want in my life. Everywhere I looked were big red letters that seemed to pop out to me in 3-D writing... "SCAM" "PYRAMID SCHEME".... basically... "COMPLETE BULLSHIT". Yikes... if that doesn't scare a girl. There were good reviews too, but lets just say the bad ones really stuck out to me.
One of the research results that I found, probably the most intriguing one, is a blog called "Married to a Ambot". This author is great with words, this author had me convinced about what I should think of Amway. When I read what this author had to say I could almost hear her words in my head, her voice was so clear. This author has had a terrible experience with Amway. Don't get me wrong, I have respect for this author, because for the first four or five months, I WAS this author.
I played a double agent (yup. bad girlfriend of the year goes here!) I went to every meeting with my boyfriend while mentally dragging my feet. I put on a smile when he told me about his online store, even though all I could think about is "WAKE UP, they are scamming you!!!". I even let him borrow some money so that he could go to his first event, and all I wanted to do was shake him and yell at him. I told him I trusted his judgement (which I did... for everything but Amway)... but when my friends would ask about the meetings we were going to I would sheepishly roll my eyes and tell them about his business in the most embarrassed way I could. I am ashamed of this. A good girlfriend would be honest with her boyfriend, but I guess most of me just thought it was a stage.... and that he would get over it in a couple months.
Well, lets just say I've come a long ways. I have not signed up to be a part of the business, and I don't think I ever will. I stand by what I said earlier, this business is NOT for everyone. However, I love what this business has brought to my boyfriend's and my relationships. Two years ago I started out dating a twenty-three year old boy. A college boy who was athletic, popular, got drunk at least three days a week. He was fun, he was sweet most of the time.... but he blew his money, we had fights about anything and everything. Fights so bad that I still look back and I am SHOCKED that we are still together. Now... I am dating a man. I am so proud of him. I begin to appreciate the business before I knew I was appreciating the business; I would see changes in him and think "oh, he is just maturing". No, there was a positive active agent in his life that made him the man I love. That agent was Amway. His upline, even though they are human and have their downfalls, have been amazing. Now I am dating a man who knows how to budget, who knows how to treat those he loves, who knows how to interact within people, who has bigger dreams then drinking twenty beers on Friday.
One of the first things he did in Amway was read a book that his upline suggested called "The Five Love languages". I had heard of this book, it had been around for ages, my parents read it too. His upline not only had him read it but implement it. Our relationship has never been better. If that is the only thing he takes away from this business, I will be happy with that. I have no doubt in my mind that if he didn't learn about our relationship, then we would not have made it. That is worth much more then sixty dollars a to me in membership fees.
Now that my cheesy romantic side is out of the way. There is bad in Amway, just like any business, and I hope that in this blog I can help to make it clear just what that bad is. Since I have rambled on for so long about much of the good in this post.... (probably bored you to death).... I will sincerely address the bad in my next two posts before I return to good. I will really try to give you a all around picture of this business in this blog. I will write about my experiences in meetings, at events, and I will write about the products. If you have questions please ask.
And to put your mind at ease, I am writing this blog in secret. I am truly not a part of the business, like I said I never will be. My boyfriend will not know about this blog, so I don't have a "ambot" (yuck I hate that term... sorry other author) over my shoulder telling me what to write... These are just my words.
Thanks for reading
-Me
